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Olympic champion to bow out in front of home crowd
Horse & Hound
|November 27, 2025
Ben Maher's medal-winning superstar ride Explosion W will officially retire at London International Horse Show
THE 2020 Tokyo Olympic showjumping champion Explosion W is to officially retire in front of a home crowd at the London International Horse Show (LIHS).
The superstar 16-year-old gelding, who with Ben Maher won individual Olympic gold, and European individual silver and team bronze in Rotterdam in 2019, will bow out on the Sunday evening of the show (21 December), in what show organisers said would be “an emotional farewell for the hugely popular horse”.
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“THE chestnut gelding, now 16, is one of the most successful and beloved showjumping horses in the world,” said a spokesperson for organisers HPower.
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